UNSPSC 50121804: Shelf stable aquatic plants

UNSPSC 50121804 Shelf stable aquatic plants (Commodity) covers native aquatic and coastal vegetation sourced and installed for habitat restoration, dune stabilization, and shoreline resilience projects. State and local governments buy under this code primarily to meet coastal environmental compliance requirements, pursue federal disaster recovery funding, and implement nature-based solutions for erosion control and habitat enhancement. Issuing bodies include county environmental and coastal management divisions, municipal utilities and parks departments, and special water management districts in Florida—primarily Collier County and Okaloosa County in recent activity, alongside municipalities like Palm Bay and DeKalb County. The work encompasses sourcing native plants (sea oats, mangroves, panic grass, railroad vine, sea purslane, dune sunflower, and associated coastal species) in bulk quantities (ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of units), site preparation, installation at specified spacing and depth, post-installation survival monitoring, and coordination with environmental and marine-resource compliance protocols.

Recent solicitation activity concentrates in coastal Florida. Okaloosa County posted ITB ITBTDD6226 on June 10, 2026 for the Western Destin Dune Vegetation Project—a FEMA-funded disaster recovery effort requiring planting of approximately 130,814 native dune units (Sea Oats, Panic Grass, and diversity species) with responses due July 8, 2026 under strict 80% survival-rate performance requirements and completion by October 1, 2026. Collier County issued a Quick Quote (QQ2026116) on April 28, 2026 for Pelican Bay Clam Bay Mangrove Restoration, soliciting installation of approximately 4,766 native coastal plants (primarily red mangrove) across 7 acres, with responses due May 12, 2026; the county also posted Quick Quote QQ2026102 on March 13, 2026 for Pelican Bay Bay Colony Dune Plantings to install approximately 56,250 native dune plants across 225,000 square feet following 2024 hurricane damage. The City of Palm Bay issued ITB 28ITB26 on February 6, 2026 for aquatic weed control across 113.78 acres (a maintenance and chemical-control activity tangential to native plant sourcing), with bids due March 10, 2026. Recent activity emphasizes FEMA compliance, performance bonding, survival guarantees, and environmental coordination mandates typical of coastal disaster recovery and state-permitted restoration work.